Country Music

There is a movie called Back to the Future that stars Michael J Fox as a character named Marty McFly. Marty comes from a family of “Geeks” because of something his Dad (George McFly) did or did not do when he was in High School. Marty gets that chance to go back in time with the help of Dr. Emmett Brown (played by Christopher Lloyd). In the process he encourages his Dad to stand up to Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson). Because of this one change, when Marty returns home, his life is totally different because of the self confidence …

I have started to listen to country music this year. I have tried to not listen, by changing to a non country station, but find myself always going back to a country station within a few minutes. Anyone that knows me knows that this is a BIG change. I use to listen to what has been classified as “80’s Hair Bands”. This is the list of the top 5 COUNTRY songs that I think influenced me in some way this year. (And yes, I know that these songs were not written in 2009, but they influenced me in 2009, so …

In a recent article in GQ, Clint Eastwood was named “Badass of the Year”. In this article he is quoted saying “We’re becoming more juvenile as a nation. The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.”

Can you say refreshing? I love it when someone in the “liberal Hollywood scene” says something as true and to the point as that. Society has gone away from making the heroes played by Clint Eastwood as idols to the idols we have today. Who do you think has more …